Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 430

Chapter 430

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After hanging up with Henry and the rest, Zinnia checked Lydia and Maisie’s messages. Since she was too weak to make calls, she just held down the voice message button to reply.

Lydia’s worried texts bombarded the screen. Zinnia kept reassuring her she was okay, and Lydia finally dropped the idea of a video call.

‘If I answered, they’d see right through me. I can feel how weak I am–my face must look as bad as I feel,’ she thought.

Just then, Yannis walked in with a food tray. Watching Zinnia struggle to tap her phone with one finger while reassuring the worried Maisie and Lydia, he teased, “Still worrying about your friends when you’re like this?”

Having finished answering most messages, Zinnia rested her head on the nightstand. Her face was tired, but her eyes were bright as she stared at the tray in Yannis‘ hands. “If you don’t hurry, I’m gonna starve to death,” she pouted.

“Fine, starve then–one less thing for me to worry about,” Yannis joked, bringing the food over under Zinnia’s puppy–dog eyes.

On the tray was a bowl of minestrone soup, a small serving of grilled steak, and a bowl of mushroom soup. At the sight of the steak, Zinnia’s face lit up with satisfaction.

Yannis placed the tray on the nightstand, pulled a stool up to the bed, and began feeding Zinnia the minestrone soup.

“I can do it myself,” Zinnia said, suddenly feeling embarrassed.

When she first woke up, her mind was too fuzzy to care, and she’d been too busy chatting with him. But now that she was more alert, having him feed her with a spoon was a bit awkward.

“Sure you got the strength in your hands?” Yannis eyed Zinnia’s bandaged left hand, then her limp right one- both looked too weak to hold anything.

“Not really,” Zinnia mumbled, trying to move her hands and realizing they had no strength. “Maybe get me a thick straw instead?”

“Nope, eat up,” Yannis smiled, ignoring her request and bringing the spoon to her mouth. “I’m taking care of you now. If I ever need help, you won’t forget me, right? I remember you promised to look after me when I’m old.”

couldn’t help but shake his head–here he was, offering to help,

When you’re all gray and wrinkly, I’ll take great care

how healthy he was now, she figured he’d probably outlive her and wouldn’t need her help when he got

Zinnia’s eyes darting around, he knew she was

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promise, after all. What

spoon hit Zinnia, and she couldn’t resist.

the perfectly grilled steak. She could tell it was free–range–the meat looked firm and juicy, and that

his fork and held it

delicious steak, Zinnia looked at Yannis and asked,

you all day, and food

exclaimed. She couldn’t believe it was so late and he

even noticed hunger. He scooped up another spoonful of minestrone soup and held it to

too,” Zinnia said, motioning

spoon, stilled for a second, his eyes locking onto her worried

blinked under his intense stare. ‘What’s with that look? Did

wrong?” she asked, confused. She’d only gotten worried when she heard he hadn’t eaten and

casually. He took a spoonful of soup for himself, then

was so hungry she

you can have

and slurped down the last of the

for a heartbeat, then he looked away and speared a piece of steak with his

small bowl of minestrone soup together. Each time, Yannis made

the same spoon. She remembered

a clean freak Yannis was, she’d just assumed he’d use a separate spoon. But now,